ALS Donation

mfc2006

hey everyone---

my wife & i started a walking team for the ALS Walk on November 15th In Austin. we're doing this walk & raising $ in memory of my Dad, who passed away 4 years ago after a short & intense battle with the disease.

for those of you that are in the area, please join us! and if you aren't in the area & if you can, please make a donation towards the cause. the dollar amount doesn't matter---it's all going to the same place. for the last few years, it has appeared that the ALS Association is on the verge of a major breakthrough, and this may be the year that it happens.

i'll bump this every so often until the day of the walk. i'm not trying to pressure anyone, just merely asking for support from a truly great community. in any case, the link is listed below. you'll have to do a search to find our team page. just search using my name: Matt Cluthe, or the team name: Cluthe's Crusaders. thanks in advance to all of you.

cheers,
Matt

http://web.alsa.org/site/TR
http://web.alsa.org/site/TR/Walks/South ... fr_id=5840

pearljgirl2010

bump for a good cause :-)

mfc2006

thanks, Janet!!

decides2dream

awesome!
good luck to you and thank you both for doing this for such a worthy cause!

TiaMija

Congrats on exceeding your projected total!
I added a donation in honor of my friend, Mary Ann Jung, who succumbed to an ALS-related injury.
Thanks and all the best to you!

mfc2006

TiaMija wrote:

Congrats on exceeding your projected total!
I added a donation in honor of my friend, Mary Ann Jung, who succumbed to an ALS-related injury.
Thanks and all the best to you!

thanks! & a big THANKS for making a donation. i'm so sorry to hear about your friend. it's a tough disease, to say the least. my thoughts are with you & your friends family.

mfc2006

holiday bump!

Music For Rhinos

Thought I would add---

I work at CVS Pharmacy for one of my jobs and we just had over a month long period of accepting donations towards ALS.

I am a cashier and every customer we had we would ask if the customer wanted to donate one dollar towards ALS and many did...we had these little circular pieces of paper the person wrote their name on after making the donation and we hung them up on the walls and doors.

By the end of it, there were many, many donations made so it went quite well.

mfc2006

Music For Rhinos wrote:

Thought I would add---

I work at CVS Pharmacy for one of my jobs and we just had over a month long period of accepting donations towards ALS.

I am a cashier and every customer we had we would ask if the customer wanted to donate one dollar towards ALS and many did...we had these little circular pieces of paper the person wrote their name on after making the donation and we hung them up on the walls and doors.

By the end of it, there were many, many donations made so it went quite well.

Yeah---It's awesome that CVS does that. Every cent helps.

mfc2006

Tuesday Bump!!

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Monday Bump!

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Weekend Bump! :ugeek:

Fifthelement

Just saw this for the first time :? Good luck to your team and good work

dimitrispearljam

congrats!!

mfc2006

Friday Bump!!

pearljgirl2010

have you reached your goal??

mfc2006

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

have you reached your goal??

kind of. i surpassed my individual goal. but we're still a little less than halfway to our team goal. i think we're going to have about 8-10 people walking for the team. i just need to push my teammates a bit into sending their emails out. i think we'll make it though!

pearljgirl2010

mfc2006 wrote:

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

have you reached your goal??

kind of. i surpassed my individual goal. but we're still a little less than halfway to our team goal. i think we're going to have about 8-10 people walking for the team. i just need to push my teammates a bit into sending their emails out. i think we'll make it though!

I wish I could have donated more...I know everything helps, but it would have been fun to be able to give a lot :-)
Have you tried for any corporate sponsors? good luck!

mfc2006

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

mfc2006 wrote:

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

have you reached your goal??

kind of. i surpassed my individual goal. but we're still a little less than halfway to our team goal. i think we're going to have about 8-10 people walking for the team. i just need to push my teammates a bit into sending their emails out. i think we'll make it though!

I wish I could have donated more...I know everything helps, but it would have been fun to be able to give a lot :-)
Have you tried for any corporate sponsors? good luck!

thanks, Janet! we truly appreciate every penny that you were able to donate! i hadn't thought of corporate sponsors...that's a good idea!!

dimitrispearljam

bump

mfc2006

dimitrispearljam wrote:

bump

thank you, sir

mfc2006

weekend bump!!

mfc2006

bump for my Dad!!

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Monday bump!

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Backspacer Bump!!

mfc2006

just thought i'd bump this before we skip town for ACL!

iluvcats

I'm so sorry about your dad. My husband's relative died quickly of ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease about 10 yrs ago.
Did you see the Jerry Lewis telethon over labor day? The donations could be broken down however you wanted it allocated. I gave to to the ALS fund. I hope they find a cure!

mfc2006

iluvcats wrote:

I'm so sorry about your dad. My husband's relative died quickly of ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease about 10 yrs ago.
Did you see the Jerry Lewis telethon over labor day? The donations could be broken down however you wanted it allocated. I gave to to the ALS fund. I hope they find a cure!

wow--Thanks, Lynn!!! i did watch part of the telethon this year...it's such a random & cruel disease. thank you so much for your donation!! every cent will help!!

-Matt

iluvcats

mfc2006 wrote:

iluvcats wrote:

I'm so sorry about your dad. My husband's relative died quickly of ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease about 10 yrs ago.
Did you see the Jerry Lewis telethon over labor day? The donations could be broken down however you wanted it allocated. I gave to to the ALS fund. I hope they find a cure!

wow--Thanks, Lynn!!! i did watch part of the telethon this year...it's such a random & cruel disease. thank you so much for your donation!! every cent will help!!

-Matt

you are welcome.

I remember this movie, Right to Die, where Raquel Welch's character had ALS. So sad.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093862/plotsummary

Digital Twilight

I think it worked but i aint sure.

I'l admit i've never really knew much about ALS before but it sounds terrible. Keep up the good work friend.

Dave

mfc2006

Digital Twilight wrote:

I think it worked but i aint sure.

I'l admit i've never really knew much about ALS before but it sounds terrible. Keep up the good work friend.

Dave

thanks, Dave!! it did work! thanks for your donation, man!!

Matt